The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 6, 2152
Waxing Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2840
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -10.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.52° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.60° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.